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DEFENSIVE PUBLICATION UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Published at the request of the applicant or owner in accordance with the Notice of Dec. 16. 1969, 869 0.G. 687. The abstracts of Defensive Publication applications are identified by distinctly numbered series and are arranged chronologically. The heading of each abstract indicates the number of pages of specification, including claims and sheets of drawings contained in the application as originally filed. The files of these applications are available to the public for inspection and reproduction may be purchased for 30 cents a sheet.

Defensive Publication applications have not been examined as to the merits of alleged invention. The Patent Office makes no assertion as to the novelty of the disclosed subject matter.

PUBLISHED DECEMBER 16, 1969 T869,004 GAP TRANSFER OF TONED ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE An apparatus and process is providedwhereby a'previously charged, exposed, and developed photoconductive surface has a charged toner image which is transferable from the photoconductive surface across a fluid gap to a receiver which doesnot move relative to the photoconductive surface during transfer. In one embodiment a pair of spaced shims are used to provide a fluid gap between a planar photoconductive surface and a receiver. In another embodiment, a fluid gap is provided [between a drum having a photoconductive surface and a. receiver attached to a rollenln a third embodiment, image transfer is made from a flexible photoconductive web to a receiver on a rotatable wheel or drum.

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